Software fault-tolerance with SMP Support from VMware? FAIL!

Another VMworld and another year closer to a software fault-tolerant product with SMP support? Fail!

In VMware’s defense, achieving full fault tolerance in software has always been a tough nut to crack. Sure, it can be done. But the end product is neither very useful nor efficient.

Enter Stratus ftServer, recognized by even VMware as the only full-function fault tolerant solution ready today for virtualizing Tier 1 applications. One ftServer – just one – delivers SMP support for critical virtual workload, maximizing the power and performance of every processor core.

While VMware has been struggling to deliver its second first-generation fault tolerant product, savvy IT managers have been using ftServer for virtualization for more than 8 years (the first one going back to 2004!). No performance-sapping overhead, no over provisioning, no configuration restrictions.

Check out the Stratus Uptime Meter, which shows uptime of the entire ftServer installed base around the world. Today it’s at 99.9999%. That’s just 31 seconds of average downtime. That’s not something you’ll be hearing from VMware about software FT anytime soon.